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Friday, January 13, 2012

Rwanda: new insights into the April 6, 1994 attack

On Tuesday, January 10, 2012, the experts that were appointed
by the judges Trevidic and Poux revealed their findings with regard to
the investigation into the culprit of the terrorist attack of 6 April
1994 that particularly took away the lives of President Juvenal
Habyarimana of Rwanda and his counterpart President Cyprien Ntaryamira
of Burundi.
In front of an audience of thirty people including the plaintiffs,
the defense counsel of the suspects (RPF members close to President Paul
Kagame) and the prosecutors, the experts shared their findings at the
High Court of Paris before an attentive audience.
For nearly 4 hours, from 2pm to 6pm, the judge Trevidic, along with
Nathalie Poux, the second judge in this case, introduced the report of
over 300 pages.
But the main content was presented by the experts who were present
for the occasion. One after another, expert surveyor, expert in
explosives, expert in arms, expert in aviation and expert in acoustics,
who joined the investigation team, gave to the audience their
conclusions based on their respective fields of expertise.
According to preliminary information gathered by Jambonews, the
experts, upon putting together their findings, identified four
certainties:

The first certainty is that through a process of
elimination, the experts confirmed that the aircraft was shot down by a
portable missile SA-16 (SAM 16) made in former Soviet-Union.The second certainty is that there have been two shots including a
missile that missed the plane and another missile that hit the plane.The third certainty is that the reactors of the aircraft were not affected by the missiles and remained intact.The fourth certainty is that the left wing of the aircraft was
hit. Indeed, analysis of the wreckage shows that the missile hit the
tank in the left wing.

With these elements, the mission of the experts’ team was to
determine the location from where the missiles were fired, a crucial
part of this investigation into the attack that plunged Rwanda into the
horror.
None of the experts could determine alone the launching site which
was determined by cross-checking all expertise and analyzing
testimonies, twelve in total.
In total, six possible launching sites have been identified by the
experts through a process of elimination in order to identify the most
likely location.
The ideal position for an experienced shooter was, according to
experts, the site of Masaka (either the farm or the valley). But the
experts judged that such a site was to be dismissed due to two factors
identified as critical.
The first factor is the story of three prominent witnesses, a French
soldier and two Belgian military doctors who were present that day at
Kanombe military barrack and said that they heard the blast of missiles.
The acoustics expert said that it was impossible to hear the blowing of
missiles from Masaka, located more than 3 kilometers away. He believes
that, given the distance, the plane would have already hit the ground
before anyone can hear the blowing of the missiles.
The second factor is the impact of the missile and the occurrence
that the missile hit the left wing of the aircraft. According to
experts, the missiles usually follow the heat of their target. But when
the plane was shot down, it had already passed the Masaka hill, which
means that if the missile had come from behind (i.e. from Masaka) it
would have reached the reactor instead of the left wing of the device.
The experts’ conclusion on this point is therefore that the missile came
forward before reaching the left wing of the aircraft.
However, the aviation expert orally argued that she cannot be
categorical on this last point, because as the experts agreed, the first
missile missed its target. It is therefore possible that the pilots
changed the trajectory of the aircraft.
Another hypothesis that was put forward by the experts but was
immediately ruled out is that of the barnyard that was located in the
courtyard of the assassinated President. This hypothesis has been
quickly rejected because the experts estimate that if the missile had
been launched from there, it would have reached the right side of the
aircraft, not the left one.

In light of these factors identified as critical by the experts, the experts concluded that “the
firing of the two missiles, the second of which shot down the
presidential plane (Falcon 50), may have taken place from the Kanombe
camp (military barracks ), located near to the Belgian development aid
workers’ residences.”

Another insight from the experts is that the missiles SAM-16 utilized
to shoot down the aircraft were used by specialists because their use
requires an extensive training of at least 50 to 60 hours. The experts
also stressed that there were two shooters.
At the end of the presentation, Judge Marc Trevidic, who read the
conclusions of the experts alternately with judge Nathalie Poux, said
that all parties had three months to provide comments on the report of
the experts; they may also request a counter expertise.
After collecting all the comments, the judges Trevidic and Poux will
analyze the experts’ report in the light of other facts of the case,
especially the many testimonies.
Pending the outcome of the investigation of the judges, nobody is
exonerated and nobody is charged; this is by the way not the role of the
experts.
It is up to the judges Trevidic and Poux, at the end of the
investigation, to publish a full report about the possible involvement
of RPF members suspected of being behind the terrorist attack or
eventually charge other suspects.Translated by Amani Tuyishime Original french version by Ruhumuza Mbonyumutwa JamboNews.net

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